I have decided that I am pretty much at my goal. I started this journey to help myself feel better and be happier and I have to say that I am there. After years of fighting with my weight and eventually getting type 2 diabetes, I have found a way of eating that makes me happy and healthy. I have lost just over 70 lbs and know that I could probably lose another fifteen or so but I honestly don't care if I ever do. I have been at this weight, give or take a pound or two, for the last three months and I think my body is happy here. I realize I will never be as small as the charts say I should be - I have had three children and am 44 years old! Perhaps if I had found this way of eating years ago I could have lost more but I didn't. I am not saying in anyway that I am done - I am just not going to focus on the scales anymore. If I lose more, fantastic, but my main goal was to be healthier and I know I am. My A1c is down to 5.0 and I feel better than I have in years. I started at a size 22 and am down to a size 8 - 10 jeans. I know I look good. It would be nice to be able to lose the pouch but I don't think it will ever go away! I know I will eat this way for the rest of my life because I can't even imagine going back to the old way. I have been eating low carb for over a year and a half and not strayed at all. This is the plan for me. I absolutely love eating this way and the delicious food we get to eat.
Just wanted to share my revelation!!!

And so much of what you said hit home with me as well. Thanks for sharing that! I am by no means thin, but at a good weight for my body size and age as you mentioned. Also have had 2 kids, and have that pooch. In a size 8 jeans and am thrilled with that.

I totally agree that being healthy and comfortable where you are at is an amazing feeling. And Yes!, we can do this for the rest of our lives!

Nice! I think what you have realized is really important! Being healthy isn't about a number on the scale, and you've proved that to yourself. Way to go on giving yourself permission to be o.k. where you are and not obsessing about a number. And, we all know those charts aren't accurate. Good job!!

__________________Freedom isn't free

..stop thinking of it as "starting over". It's life, we don't get do-overs. You can only move forward from this point. ~~ pepperanne

Thanks so much everyone. I feel very good about this decision.
And Alice, I love your tagline. I feel the same way. My mother in law keeps asking how my diet is going and I keep telling her, I am not on a diet, I am a diabetic and am controlling my sugars!

This thread is timely. I have been having the exact same thoughts. I have been at the same weight for 10 weeks now. I set a goal of 195 when I started and I am currently at 212. I just can't seem to get down anymore. I am sure I could really restrict my calories and up my workouts to get down more, but I am feeling good where I am at, even though the medical charts still say I am clinically obese. I went from a 46 waste to between 34 and 36. (That is 7 sizes down). I am 49 years old and when I graduated from high school I had a 34 waste and was 190 pounds. I am also off type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure meds and feel great. Still trying to decide whether or not to try to make that final push.

This thread is timely. I have been having the exact same thoughts. I have been at the same weight for 10 weeks now. I set a goal of 195 when I started and I am currently at 212. I just can't seem to get down anymore. I am sure I could really restrict my calories and up my workouts to get down more, but I am feeling good where I am at, even though the medical charts still say I am clinically obese. I went from a 46 waste to between 34 and 36. (That is 7 sizes down). I am 49 years old and when I graduated from high school I had a 34 waste and was 190 pounds. I am also off type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure meds and feel great. Still trying to decide whether or not to try to make that final push.

Congrats to you as well Big Stevie! I feel like we are both in the same place. I know if I also cut calories or tweeked something I could probably drop some more weight but I don't know if it's worth it right now. I feel so well and to be honest, the way I am eating has just become such an everyday affair I don't even have to think about it. I have no desire to eat off this plan and can't even remember the last time I was tempted. My weight loss just slowed down gradually and seems to be stuck here but I think my body is happy here and so am I!!

And, what you've discovered is what I am discovering. Especially as I get closer and really evaluate what my goal weight is. I've been through pregnancies each being a c-section, and I'm 40. I'm never going to be a perky 20 year old again! haha.

So now when someone (that I don't mind answering) asks me my goal I just say somewhere between 135 and 120...wherever I FEEL and look right. Won't know until I see it, really.

@ mamabat - it's amazing how many people have asked me how much I want to lose, or say, you aren't going to lose much more are you? I don't know why it bothers them how much I want to lose but whatever. Now I just tell them, I'll know when I get there!

Woohooo, I am so happy for you!!! WTG!!! Figuring out what your "goal" weight really is can be such a mind game. It's wonderful that you recognize your body is at a happy place now, and your mind is as well. What a marvelous feeling!